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PM pledges to create optimal conditions for Belgian businesses

The Vietnamese Government supports and creates the best possible conditions for Belgian businesses and investors, including those from the Flanders region, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed.
PM pledges to create optimal conditions for Belgian businesses ảnh 1PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) meets with Minister-President of the Flanders region Geert Bourgeois in Hanoi on May 14 (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Governmentsupports and creates the best possible conditions for Belgian businesses andinvestors, including those from the Flandersregion, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed.

He told visitingMinister-President of the Flanders region Geert Bourgeois in Hanoion May 14 that Vietnamese businesses want to cooperate with Belgian partners,and the Vietnamese Government encourages local people and enterprises toenhance business cooperation with firms from the EU, including Belgium,as the two sides hold substantial cooperation potential.

The number of 80Flanders businesses accompanying Minister-President Geert Bourgeois during his visitto Vietnamhas demonstrated their confidence in the country’s economic development, hesaid.

 Vietnamattaches importance to economic and trade ties with the European Union (EU),and Belgium and the Flanders region in particular, the leader stressed.

He said that Vietnam highly values Belgium’srole in the EU as well as the country’s cooperation and support for Vietnam acrossfields, particularly in education, training, economy and trade.

Vietnam’ssigning of the free trade agreement with the EU aims to promote collaborationbetween the two sides, he said, expressing his belief that Belgium willencourage other EU member countries to soon approve the deal.

The PM told his guestthat Vietnam and Belgium areexpected to sign a strategic cooperation programme in the fields ofagriculture, fishery, husbandry and floriculture, among others.

For his part, Minister-PresidentGeert Bourgeois highlighted the long-standing relations between Vietnam andBelgium as well as the Flanders region, saying the working sessions between hisdelegation and Vietnamese ministries and agencies over the past days reapedfruitful outcomes.

The Minister-Presidentnoted his support for the approval of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement andheld that the pact would create a momentum for economic and trade links betweenVietnamand EU member countries.

The Flanders region exports 4.92 millionEUR (5.8 million USD) worth of goods to Vietnam but imports only 2 billionEUR from the market.

The reality shows that goods made in Belgiumand Vietnam,especially farm produce, are not competitive but supplementary, enabling thetwo countries to boost cooperation in trade and investment. -VNA

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